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Utility / P and S beacons on 13528khz

« on: May 31, 2021, 2126 UTC »

Just took a listen on 22m and heard beacon "P" on approx 13528 and "S" in the same passband.
P was quite loud so presumably somewhere in Europe ?Beacon  S rather weaker but very clear.

I have never heard these beacons before . Anyone know anything about them ?

I only found them by chance as I was testing out my own JUN beacon - but I had forgotten that I had temporarily switched the crystal for a totally different  frequency hahaha
73 Vic

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: JUN smashes the 2000 miles distance !!

« on: March 04, 2020, 0405 UTC »

Hi Chris

Congrats to you too !

I think propagation is not as good as last year at this time. Last year I heard four beacons but none this year. I admit I have noot listened very much as I have to switch JUN off in order to scan the band but nothing so far. Not many reports of JUN either but Larry's recording has made up for all that !!

I will make a special effort to listen out for ABBY

73 Vic W4/GW4JUN

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / JUN smashes the 2000 miles distance !!

« on: March 02, 2020, 2327 UTC »

Very happy to report that JUN beacon, located in central Florida, has been heard by VO1FOG in Newfoundland ......that's a distance of 2014 miles +/- a couple of miles. The audio recording was very clear with a  good strength.

Not bad for 4.5mW ;-)

73

Vic GW4JUN

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / JUN now 24/7

« on: March 02, 2020, 2318 UTC »

I'm now running JUN 24/7. Currently using my 60m doublet antenna.

There will be a few short breaks while I do a spot of listening but essentially JUN is ON 24 hours !
See earlier post for beacon and location details .

Can you hear me ?

Reports to this forum or lwca forum at:  https://www.lwca.net/mb/ Or by e mail to GW4JUN@GMail.com

73 Vic

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / JUN Beacon back on air 25th January 2020

« on: February 01, 2020, 2028 UTC »

Beacon JUN is now back on air for another season !!

Frequency         13565.185kHz
ID message       "JUN" sent in cw
Location           Clermont, Central Florida Loc EL98cl
Beacon             Black Cat Systems
Output power    4 mW approx
Antennas :       1: Inv V dipole (cut for 5MHz) w/ open wire feeder
                       2: Dipole cut for 13560 MHz
Schedule         Currently operating from about 09.00 EST to 22.00 EST with occasional breaks for listening

Reception Reports & comments welcome via this forum or by e mail to GW4JUN@GMail.com . After one week I have had good reports from SE Kansas and almost daily reports from Texas. Nothing from Esat coast yet though. Is there anyone  up there listening ?

73 Vic W4/GW4JUN and Beacon JUN

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: New beacon now on 13565.2MHz carrier freq ( 13564.4 usb dial)

« on: March 03, 2019, 0153 UTC »

I have received a report from one of my listeners that my carrier frequency has moved up 100 Hz to 13565.3

This is due to my antenna tuner pulling The oscillator slightly.

I have tweaked it back to its proper Freq of 13565.2 I think.

Please listen on both these Freq  I am running the antenna somewhat blind. I will try to find a sure fire fix asap.

I am working on a major antenna upgrade this coming week and I hope to get a significant improvement in signal ......might take ten days or so !

Meanwhile I am happy to have reports from 1200 miles away using Avery sub standard antenna here.

This is really good fun !

73

Vic W4/GW4JUN & beacon JUN

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: New beacon now on 13565.2MHz carrier freq ( 13564.4 usb dial)

« on: February 25, 2019, 1955 UTC »

Hi Exo

By luck my beacon landed upon this Freq using the capacitors supplied with the Black Cat  kit. I have no other components at all in my shack here. I had hoped to get the carrier to around 13565  so it all worked out well.
Your shot of the waterfall is interesting you seem to have much more grot at 13560 than I hear at my location.

I must try to get some software set up so I can see what's happening as well as see it. What s/ w do you use ?

Regards

Vic

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: New beacon now on 13565.2MHz carrier freq ( 13564.4 usb dial)

« on: February 24, 2019, 1717 UTC »

I have corrected the frequency on my original post as it was unclear.

Carrier freq is 13565.2kHz
USB dial Freq is 13564.4 kHz

Apologies for the confusion !

73

Vic

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / New beacon now on 13565.2MHz carrier freq ( 13564.4 usb dial)

« on: February 23, 2019, 2017 UTC »

Hi Everyone

Announcing a new beacon on 13MHz !

Frequency 13565.2kHz carrier freq ( 13564.4kHz on usb dial )
ID            JUN
Locator   EL98
Location  Clermont Central Florida USA
Power     4.5mw
Antenna.  Dipole
Beacon    Black Cat Systems kit
On Air Date 21 February 2019
Schedule  appprox 10.00 - 2200 EST daily ( subject to breaks for adjustments and listening)

Reception reports most welcome to this list or to me by email .

My beacon has been heard in SA Antonio Texas already ! Wow what fun this is ;-)

Best wishes to Everyone

Vic W4/GW4JUN